Dominic Dobson
Dominic Dobson is an American former racing driver who made seven starts in the Indianapolis 500 with a best finish of 12th in 1992, over 60 starts in Championship Auto Racing Teams competition, with a best finish of third at the Michigan 500 in 1994. Dobson also drove numerous IMSA and other Sport car races, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1989 in a Porsche 962 alongside Jean Alesi and Will Hoy and at Daytona and Sebring, where his best finish was a second place in 1990, co-driving with Sarel van der Merwe and Klaus Ludwig.
Life and career
Dobson was born in Germany, and was raised and currently resides in Seattle, Washington.During the early 1980s, Dobson worked as an instructor at the Bob Bondurant Driving School, then based at Sears Point Raceway in Sonoma. In the mid-1980s, he started Zephyr Racing with Ron Nelson, another Bondurant instructor. Zephyr originally had its shops in San Rafael, California but moved to a new facility built at Sears Point Raceway in the spring of 1985. Zephyr rented out, maintained, and provided race support for a stable of formula and sports racing cars. Cars were rented on a race-by-race or season long basis. Zephyr's customers competed in SCCA regional and National events as well as the American City racing League.
In the late 1990s, Dobson was involved in a short lived North American Touring Car Championship's Dodge Stratus factory team that ran in conjunction with CART race weekends. He also made ten starts in the Craftsman Truck Series for Dodge in 1998 with a best start of third in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, and a best finish of 17th at Texas Motor Speedway.
From 2000 to 2003, Dobson presided over a multi million dollar collection of historic automobiles, primarily European post-war race cars and rare road cars called the Cavallino Collection. From 2007 to 2015, he was the Chief Development Officer for the LeMay - America's Car Museum, in Tacoma, Washington.
In 2005, Dobson competed in the Baja 100 with co-driver Frank Everett in a Baja Challenge car and in 2015, Dobson won the and was awarded the coveted "Rookie of the Year" as a result. He continues to race occasionally in vintage car races in the U.S. and abroad.
Dobson owns and operates Dobson Motorsport, a high-end automobile brokerage and management service, and Gerber Motorsport, a Porsche repair and restoration facility, both in Seattle.
Racing record
American open–wheel racing results
Championship Auto Racing Teams
| Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Rank | Points | Ref |
| 1985 | Leader Card Racing | March 84C | Ford Cosworth DFX | LBH | INDY | MIL | POR | MEA DNS | CLE Rpl1 | MCH | ROA | POC | MDO | SAN | MCH | 38th | 2 | ||||||
| 1985 | Leader Card Racing | March 85C | Ford Cosworth DFX | LAG 18 | PHX | MIA 11 | 38th | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 1986 | Leader Card Racing | March 86C | Ford Cosworth DFX | PHX | LBH 12 | INDY | MIL | POR 19 | MEA 11 | CLE 18 | TOR 16 | MCH | POC | MDO 19 | SAN | MCH | ROA 18 | LAG 21 | PHX | MIA 13 | 31st | 3 | |
| 1987 | Dobson Motorsports | March 86C | Ford Cosworth DFX | LBH | PHX | INDY DNQ | MIL | POR | MEA | CLE | TOR | MCH | POC | ROA | MDO | NAZ | LAG | MIA | NC | - | |||
| 1988 | Dale Coyne Racing | March 86C | Chevrolet V8 | PHX | LBH 26 | 43rd | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1988 | Dobson Motorsports | Lola T87/00 | Ford Cosworth DFX | INDY 18 | MIL | POR 21 | CLE | TOR | MEA | MCH | POC | MDO | ROA | NAZ | LAG 18 | MIA | 43rd | 0 | |||||
| 1989 | Bayside Disposal Racing | Lola T88/00 | Ford Cosworth DFX | PHX 23 | LBH 19 | INDY 18 | MIL | DET 7 | POR 18 | CLE | MEA 17 | TOR 11 | MCH | POC | MDO | ROA | NAZ | LAG 11 | 19th | 10 | |||
| 1990 | Bayside Disposal Racing | Lola T90/00 | Ford Cosworth DFS | PHX 23 | LBH 15 | INDY 22 | MIL | DET 26 | POR 24 | CLE | MEA 8 | TOR 8 | MCH | DEN 25 | VAN 11 | MDO | ROA 19 | NAZ | LAG 20 | 19th | 12 | ||
| 1991 | Burns Racing Team | Lola T89/00 | Judd AV | SRF | LBH | PHX | INDY 13 | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | MEA | TOR | MCH | DEN | VAN | MDO | ROA | NAZ | LAG | 35th | 0 | |
| 1992 | Burns Racing Team | Lola T91/00 | Chevrolet 265A | SRF | PHX | LBH | INDY 12 | DET | POR | MIL | NHA | TOR | MCH | CLE | ROA | VAN | MDO | NAZ | LAG | 35th | 1 | ||
| 1993 | Burns Motor Sports | Galmer G92B | Chevrolet 265A | SRF | PHX | LBH | INDY 23 | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | TOR | MCH | NHA | ROA | 39th | 0 | ||||||
| 1993 | PacWest Racing | Galmer G92B | Chevrolet 265A | VAN 14 | MDO DNQ | NAZ | LAG 18 | 39th | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 1994 | PacWest Racing | Lola T94/00 | Ford XB | SRF 12 | PHX 24 | LBH 17 | INDY 29 | MIL 13 | DET 25 | POR 17 | CLE 25 | TOR 11 | MCH 3 | MDO 15 | NHA 6 | VAN 19 | ROA 11 | NAZ 19 | LAG 10 | 18th | 30 | ||
| 1995 | PacWest Racing | Reynard 94I | Ford XB | MIA | SRF | PHX | LBH | NAZ | INDY Wth2 | MIL | DET | POR | ROA | TOR | CLE | MCH | MDO | NHA | VAN | LAG | NC | - |